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Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2023 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword January 4 2023 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 128 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spanish danceBOLERO6Across1 Being drunk, might a person wear them?SHORTS6Across1 FilthyBAWDY5Across2 Card gameGINRUMMY8Across7 ForwardAHEAD5Across7 Weary and fed up, being dismissed?TIREDOUT8Across7 A game of pool?POLO4Across8 SeniorELDER5Across8 EquipmentGEAR4Across8 Appear well educated when you pay a visitLOOKUP6Across10 ValidSOUND5Across10 Cold dessertTRIFLE6Across10 Writhe around and become weakerWITHER6Across11 Stir upEXCITE6Across11 TuneAIR3Across12 Not everNEVER5Across13 Apparatus or equipment used in irrigationRIG3Across14 RegretRUE3Across14 LongedYEARNED7Across15 Say harshly, "Where's the fire?”GRATE5Across16 DetestsHATES5Across16 Ceremony in which one has a right to be heardRITE4Across17 FactoryMILL4Across17 WornERODED6Across17 Shrewd, as in the meat- packing business?CANNY5Across19 VigourVIM3Across19 ExcludeDEBAR5Across19 PollutedDEFILED7Across20 Europeans to be found in the Andes?DANES5Across21 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across21 Garden plantPANSY5Across22 Wooded area; to the police, it's right on the mapCOPSE5Across22 HotpotSTEW4Across23 Worry about the guitar part?FRET4Across23 TubeDUCT4Across23 IntenseDEEP4Across25 BuiltERECTED7Across26 Was he Cleopatra's lover endlessly?ANTON5Across26 The devilSATAN5Across26 Hardly anyFEW3Across28 Aid organised by a WelshmanDAI3Across28 Is the brother of Cain, nominally!ISABEL6Across29 ImprovesAMENDS6Across29 WonderAWE3Across30 A batty sort of tree?WILLOW6Across30 SubmissiveDOCILE6Across30 Is this room for poker?ANTE4Across31 ModestDEMURE6Across31 PressIRON4Across31 One thing an umpire may do is to read out a listCALLOVER8Across32 StretchELONGATE8Across32 The pressure on saints to rest, somehowSTRESS6Across33 Walk like an infantTODDLE6Across33 IndecentOBSCENE7Across34 MeasureMETER5Across37 AnimalYAK3Across38 CandleTAPER5Across39 TreeASPEN5Across40 TallyAGREE5Across41 BoulderSTONE5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Crew member disheartened when having to use oars?SAILOR6Down1 Lowest partBOTTOM6Down1 ApplaudCHEER5Down1 View or glanceEYEFUL6Down2 Newly recruited flier, that isROOKIE6Down2 FoundedBASED5Down2 MonsterOGRE4Down3 Give up making potsSTOP4Down3 WorshippedADORED6Down3 RepudiateDENY4Down4 Welsh townWREXHAM7Down4 Those a crafty tattoo artist could have on a person?DESIGNS7Down4 FrightenedALARMED7Down5 Coffee can give you a bit of an upset stomachMOCHA5Down5 ScopeAMBIT5Down5 CapBERET5Down6 Wheel surroundsTYRES5Down6 Keep shopSTORE5Down6 LassGIRL4Down8 The favourite drink of 1 Down?PORT4Down8 BeerALE3Down9 NoiseDIN3Down9 Pull one's earLUG3Down9 InventedDEVISED7Down11 Seek to provide the railway with a junctionTRY3Down12 VehicleCAR3Down12 A study in quietudeETUDE5Down13 Native American tentTEPEE5Down13 PoorNEEDY5Down13 UtterVOICE5Down14 Just the girl to pay out the Poles?PANSY5Down15 UntidyMESSY5Down15 SickenAIL3Down16 ReligionISLAM5Down18 FallDESCENT7Down18 Images for special coinsICONS5Down18 LairDEN3Down19 In landscape, a snowy mountain topCAP3Down19 Young maleBOY3Down20 Born in Nine ElmsNEE3Down20 Served, domestically, in a bad way?DONEFOR7Down21 BeginningDEBUT5Down21 SwatheBANDAGE7Down21 HigherUPPER5Down22 Cooking vesselPAN3Down22 A nuttily animated Frescobaldi piece!COB3Down22 Unit of timeSECOND6Down23 Hesitate when there's a letter to amendFALTER6Down23 Get a learner in a state of ire!RILE4Down24 FollowedTRACKED7Down24 CounterpartTWIN4Down24 Do they draw tall buildings?TOWERS6Down25 Noisy breathingWHEEZE6Down25 Satisfies fullySATES5Down26 It's breathlessly droppedAITCH5Down26 Male voiceTENOR5Down27 SheepEWE3Down27 A sum everybody gets in the outskirts of TorquayTALLY5Down27 In favour ofFOR3Down28 Racket discovered by a police inspector at the detention centreDIN3Down28 DebaseDEMEAN6Down28 ChasmABYSS5Down29 Slimming planDIET4Down30 No small scraps!WARS4Down30 MixMERGE5Down32 RepulseREPEL5Down33 WeakenSAP3Down35 OrientEAST4Down36

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.